Senior Full Stack Engineer

Senior Full Stack Engineer

• Location: Remote — United States
• Employment type: Full-time
• Level: Senior / Principal
• Travel: Up to 10%, including quarterly meetings
• U.S. citizenship is required for this position pursuant to U.S. government contract. Applicants must be U.S. citizens to be eligible for consideration.

About the opportunity

TLG Staffing is recruiting for a client seeking an experienced full stack engineer to lead the design and delivery of scalable web applications. This position combines hands-on frontend and backend development with architectural decision-making, technical leadership, and mentorship.

You will work across engineering, product, design, data engineering, data science, and machine learning operations teams to develop platform capabilities, improve existing systems, and maintain engineering standards.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design/implement scalable full-stack applications using Java/Spring backends and modern frontend frameworks.
• Architect and optimize APIs (such as RESTful, GRPC, GraphQL) and database schemas.
• Lead development of new features and maintain existing codebase.
• Implement automated testing and deployment strategies.
• Optimize application performance and resolve technical debt.
• Guide technical architecture decisions and technology selection/implementation.
• Review code and provide technical mentorship/leadership to other engineers.
• Collaborate with product and design teams to define technical requirements.
• Establish coding standards and development best practices.
• Monitor system health and implement improvements based on metrics.
• Document technical specifications and system architecture.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES. AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in full stack web development.
• Proven track record leading complex full stack initiatives including modern frontend web frameworks selection and implementation.
• Full-stack development experience with proficiency in Java and Spring for backend development.
• Frontend development expertise with modern web frameworks and libraries, including Next.js, React, Angular, Vue.js, or similar technologies
• Experience building and maintaining scalable web applications and APIs.
• Strong understanding of database design, caching strategies and API optimization.
• Experience leading technical teams and mentoring engineers.
• Strong system design and architecture skills.
• Excellent debugging and troubleshooting abilities.
• Experience with containerization/orchestration (preferred).
• Proficiency with Git, CI/CD pipelines, deploying services to Kubernetes (preferred).
• Working experience on GCP, LLMs, Cursor etc. (preferred).